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Topic: fear and scary route (Read 4036 times)

"fear is the root of many climber's limitations [...] in sport climbing, the focus is not on the protection of the route, but rather, the physical movement and strength of climber.[...] On most sport route, there is little realistic fear of injury [...]Closer examination may indicate that it is really of being out of control"

blah...blah, blah...blah, blah, blah.

and suddenly one understand that he can kill himself

I don't know the theory of falling, I climb hard on sport...the rock is bad, we must place bolt to allow uninform people who like ignorance to climb hard to have access to a 5.6x route.

The quote is from climbing your best. Training to maximize your performance. by Heather Reynolds Sagar. As I learned a lot about safety, and I climbed with Base, a pillar on safety and trad climbing, I can concentrate on hard trad move.

"As I learned a lot about safety, and I climbed with Base, a pillar on safety and trad climbing, I can concentrate on hard trad move."

I think he might have meant "Base, a pillar of strength in safety and trad climbing". Just a guess.Base is a hoot to be around; haven't seen him in years. Maybe spending moat of his time tutoring LL/Champ.

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"You have to decide to do a flag, where you can broke your vertebrae or a barn door depending of your pro" - the poster formerly known as Champ

"As I learned a lot about safety, and I climbed with Base, a pillar on safety and trad climbing, I can concentrate on hard trad move."

I think he might have meant "Base, a pillar of strength in safety and trad climbing". Just a guess.Base is a hoot to be around; haven't seen him in years. Maybe spending moat of his time tutoring LL/Champ.

I most admit, I am still learning from him...and he is a great partner in the cliff.